2017 Football Roster
Jesse Brown
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 198
- Position:
- RB
- Class:
- Redshirt First-Year
- Hometown:
- Lilburn, Ga.
- High School:
- Brookwood
2020: 2021 NFF Hampshire Honor Society (maintained a 3.2 cumulative GPA throughout career) ... Brought in a career-high two receptions for 22 yards against Maryland (10/24)...Scored a career-best two rushing touchdowns in the comeback victory at Iowa (10/31)...Saw game action vs. Nebraska (11/7)...Recorded one rush for two yards and seven receiving yards at Purdue (11/14)...Made an appearance in Big Ten Championship against Ohio State (12/19)...Rushed for nine yards in Citrus Bowl vs. Auburn (1/1/21).
2019: Saw playing time in 4 games in his junior season ... Tallied a 23-yard reception at Stanford, his career high (8/31) ... Ran an impressive 79 yards on nine attempts against UNLV, the most of his career and the second most of any Wildcat that game (9/14) ... Suffered an injury in UNLV games (9/14) that sidelined him until Northwestern's 11/2 game at Indiana ... His season average of 6.0 yards per carry was the fourth best in the program among those with over 20 season carries.
2018: Did not see any action in his sophomore season ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2017: Appeared in all 13 games for the Wildcats as a special teams contributor and backup running back ... Rushed nine times for 64 yards and two touchdowns, averaging 7.1 yards per carry over the course of the season ... Scored his first career touchdown, an eight-yard carry, in the fourth quarter of the 49-7 win over Bowling Green. Finished the game with two rushes for 14 yards ... Picked up his second career touchdown with a career-long 18-yard run in the 42-7 win over Illinois, finishing the game with 27 yards rushing ... Also contributed to the Wildcats’ rushing attack against Duke, Wisconsin, Penn State, and Minnesota ... Made four total tackles on special teams ... Academic All-Big Ten.
High School: Earned a three-star rating from 247Sports, which ranked him as the No. 27 All-Purpose Back in the nation ... Piled up more than 3,300 rushing yards and 26 touchdowns for the Broncos ... Two-time Second Team All-County ... Three-time Gwinett County Touchdown Club Player of the Month ... 2013 Great American Rivalries Game MVP ... 2013 Gwinett Gridiron Newcomer of the Year ... Earned four varsity letters in track & field, competing in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay events ... Member of NG3 non-profit service organization ... Volunteer youth football coach ... Volunteer at Rainbow Village transitional housing community ... Ranked in the top five percent of his graduating class at Brookwood … Four-time Brookwood Scholar-Athlete ... Selected as the Outstanding Senior by Brookwood teachers.
Personal: Born Jesse Jahkeem Brown in Fort Myers, Florida ... Son of Oliviere and Deborah Brown ... Brother Jonathan earned First Team All-SEC honors in rugby at Georgia ... Brother Joshua is a running back at the United States Naval Academy ... Graduated in 2020 with a degree in mechanical engineering and is now pursuing a masters in Engineering Design Innovation.
